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The Reichstag (German for Diet of the Realm or Imperial Diet) was the Parliament of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. Legislation was shared between the Reichstag and the Bundesrat which was the Imperial Council of the reigning princes of the German States.The Reichstag had no formal right to appoint or dismiss governments but by contemporary standards it was considered a highly modern and progressive parliament.
